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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning are enabling learners all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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